Marmite Flowers..........

hi angie i love lily`s in my garden but i cant have them in house, make me sneeze and give me a really bad head, they put them in the shop and i tell them but doesnt make any odds they still go in there grrr
wont have chrysanthamums, i just dont like them full stop, i ahve seen a few on here which have pretty colours but just wont have them myself
also cant stand orange lily`s, the colour is grose, yak, for me anyway,
as for your neighbour i would put a complaint in to your council if they are big in a small garden and bloking light, there are guide lines for such things,
a great blog for a good moan lol

Orange lilies aye??? don't mind them myself, but more so in the garden... the orange ones don't smell either... so may have been better for you then San, but you can also get Asiatic Lilies in cream, pink and yellow - they are the non-scented ones...see if these work for you ;-)

as you know i am in complete agreement about the chrysanths...... hate them with a passion.....

as for the conifers and the lovely man next door, don't even get me started... obviously he is awear of my concerns.... not known for staying quite in these sito's lol....

lol ang,, bet he loves you hehe
i do have some asiatic lilys and your right they dont have that strong scent, its the oriental ones that are really bad for me.

it is a shame though San coz they are soooo lovely arnt they..

There you go Angie - perhaps you should finite your 'hate list' to certain conifers ? What you need is me to move in next door, then your acquired taste for the more select cultivars can be allowed to develop over time until you're absolutely hooked! just like me.
As for lilies, can't beat the species Lilium Regale for subtleness and scent. With Sandra on the orange coloured forms, certainly not to my taste.

lol..... i would love to have you next door Stephen, you would never convert me i am affraid lol...maybe you would become hooked on hardy geraniums or roses or something? lol i am sure you would not be planting stupid things next to the house and in the wrong place... as with everything .... looks great in the right surroundings... and i must say, obviously with the exception of your wonderful garden, the conifer tree must be the most common mis-used and planted wrongly plant in the UK...

No need to convert me to hardy geraniums Angie, I already have a small collection here. Absolutely agree that many conifers have been misused in gardens - especially front gardens.

you would not believe what him next door has done with them :-(((((((( i will take some pic's and add them to this blog.... watch this space... prob tomorrow though.. it's raining and have swine flu :-(

I dislike heather that has been spray-painted garish colours! Why can't they leave it alone?

AND those horrible dyed flowers you see sometimes in florists'....why? I would never buy a bright blue carnation!

I am not keen on your 'rude' plant, (sorry, Angie), nor on that 'Bird of Paradise' flower, either. I know some people love them!

Trying to think if there are any garden plants I don't like - hmmm...oh yes! Scarlet bedding Salvias! French marigolds, too, as I can't bear the smell - I just have a few in the greenhouse to deter whitefly.

I'm sure I'll think of a few more....

petunias are a def no no. dont know why just hate them. in fact the worst of the worst are the bicolour ones [sorry to all of you who like them. begonia sempervivans too urgh.

love it for me are the paeonies, snowdrops, single coloured crocuses [except pickwick for its pyjama stripes]

hubby regularly buys me flowers and some spray chrysanths are fine others not so.
love the large incurve ones in white only.

there is absolutely no need to apologise for disagreeing here guys i welcome ALL imput about your likes and dislikes .... quite a good idea i think to take out some of the tension and frustion we have all been feeling on the flowers...after all they can't answer back can they :D

I agree on the heather Spritz.... although am ashamed to admit i did buy some orange ones thinking they were orange coloured naturally...you know like the lime green ones you get....was very diappointed when i realised... dyed flowers a big UUUGGHHHHKKKKK hate them too... blue roses i think are the worst...or no maybe glitter sprinkled chysanths...on two levels there! yuck YUCK YUCK lol... but have to disagree on the birds ....they are looooovely..... knew you'd hate the anthirrum....

And Seburngirl.... i do like petunias - but i think some of them smell like ear wax.... do you remeber Spritz, we had a chat about ear wax flavour pertunias ealier in the year...so yes can see why you don't t like them... but not all smell like that you know some smell nice.... i like the little million bells best.... agree on love paeonies, and snowdrops.... but i LOVE pickwick they are just so wel stripey.... i don't mind spider or stallion Chrysanth, kirmit and shamrock i really quite like...... what about Solidago...weed or wanted?

I hate Laurel and dont care for dried flowers, Adore snowdrops as it means spring is not far away.

Why Laurel Drc? i don't mind some dried flowers depends what they are..like them better than plastic flowers... you know the ones you sometimes see sticking out of hanging baskets all faded and unatural colours..... why bother i say..... and yes wholehartedly agree on the snowdrops...

Also don't like the yellow flowers of Hypericum androsaemum I think that's the species , always look too insipid to me.

my friend Carmel hates them too.... i think it is because she had load of them in her garden when she moved in, i think she has more or less pulled them all out now... i don't mind them,,, but i much prefer the berries on them... great for flower arranging.

solidago does a streling job in a problem spot in the garden so a friend of sorts.

I know just what you mean... i really don't like to entertain it in flower arrangements in the shop.. and yet is it what is known as 'bread and butter' stock, but i have a small patch of it in my garden and it does look good there, just a pain to keep pulling it out in unwnted areas and roots can go deep too...

Hmmmm......interesting blog Ang. I don't like those rude flowers.....they look too plastic and unreal to me. I also don't like bird of paradise. In fact, a lot of tropical looking flowers do nothing for me.
I don't like the big dinner plate dahlias in gaudy colours. Too show-off-y.
I'm probably the only one, but I'm not keen on tulips as a general rule. I don't mind the botanical tulips. In fact I have some in my garden but regular tulips are usually not for me.
I like roses....well, that was a given wasn't it? LOL
I like lilies....but not the orange ones generally. I also like the "toad lilies"...I think they are fantastic.
I won't comment on the conifers....some I love, some I hate, some give me "hay fever", some give me a rash, some I'm fine with.....some are great in the wild but look ridiculous in a garden and, I suppose, visa versa. With the exception of junipers they all smell wonderful.
Solidago in the garden can look lovely....depends on the cultivar and the garden. Its a great butterfly plant. I don't mind it at all.
One of the worst plants I think, is Virginia Creeper or Parthenocissus quinquefolia. It is so invasive and I'm always pulling up seedlings from all over the garden.

i agree that the tropicals are defo marmite arn't they... i am in the love camp, but it is an aquired taist i think.... from a florists point of view i think they are less popular in general, mainly because people don't know what to do with them.. but if done right...i just don't think you can beat them for wow factor and they also last so well..... i also am not a fan of most dahlias,,, but i have for the first time grown 2 cactus varieties this year that have both been lovely... and i think we both share the love of roses.... although i must say they are in the 'hate' section as cut flowers... but this is due to valentines day lol virginia creeper... well disagree there... but then i have the less thug-like japonese one which is really quite well behaved... and has an attractive silver vien too... just has'nt changed colour this year due to strange mild and windy weather :-((((

i quite like some tropical looking plants but can be hard work keeping them over here in winter so i wont have them for that reason, no greenhouse, conifers are great if you have the space and know hoe like bluespruce, who has got it down to a fine art, but not in small gardens and when people dont know what they are doing.thats my opinion,:o))

Sandra, you can grow conifers in a small garden, just need to know the right ones, and keep them in scale to the area available.

oh i do agree, however 'Him' next door is completely clue-less! :-(

sorry San,, i missed the tropical bit..... yes plants can be tricky, anthirriums are easy, birds of paradise are if you have space to bring them in for the winter... they can get big.... but i was refering more to tropical cut flower arrangements... now they can be spectacular.... even the older ladies at the church comment on them when it's my turn to do the sunday arrangement. and usually would'nt like them if they saw them in a vase in the shop...

exactly bluespruce, which involves knowing which, i really wouldnt know, i addmit this but some people just plant and dont realise or think about size, shape etc and then they look awfull, i think it takes an artistic eye for conifers,
angie my nan use to do lots for her church with flowers, it gives alot of pleaseure to people :o)

oh i do agree San... there is a monkey tree down our road thankfully the other end of it) in a front garden that is about 10ft squred... at the moment it is only about 10ft tall i have'nt got the heart to knock and tell them about it.... lol now if i had the space i would have a monkey tree i think they are facinating..... you know what does'nt help, i have Romford market just up the road from here, and there are lots of plant stalls on there and the boys will sell a monkey tree to you and tell you it's a dwarf variety... as well as other big-boys saying it only grows to 10ft... this is why Romford has so many badly designed conifer plantations......

Oh dear - Bluespruce - I saw a titchy front garden the other day where the people had obviously planted LOTS of conifers when they were tiny - well, tiny they are NOT, any more! The front room must be in darkness now!

lol angie,, my mum and dad have one which is about 20ft now and we cant get them to get rid of it, my brother wants it out as its his house but my mum ends up going mad with him about it, its touching phone line and my brother is worried about getting a big repair bill of BT for damage, the tree has caused a lot of family arguments :o(

All about education Barbara, and correct information. the term dwarf conifer is a misconception and misleading, slow growing conifers would be a better term for most that are sold at garden centers. It's all the nursery trades fault right from the beginning

oh dear.... i am all for planting and saving trees, but people do plant them in such silly places without doing the proper reserach first, it really anoys me.... i believe that evey garden has room for at least one tree no matter how small the garden, it is just about finding the right one that suits the size garden and style you have.... when i first moved here i took out 2 trees that where just planted completely wrong... and not all that healthy, but i have since planted 3 of my own that suit the style and theme of the garden...

crossed there BS and yes i do agree it is down to the nursery and market traders as we have here, they will tell you what you want to hear to flog it to you....i know because i have worked for some of them and been told to sell it that way....

yes your right the man who sold the monkey tree to my mum said miniture tree lol, its taking over the street.

and it's probably not at it's full height yet San...

probably not angie,, and now at the height it is alot wont attempt to move because of razer sharpe foilage, would cost a fortune if you did find someone willing to do the job, thats what my brother was told by someone who works with these trees

gonna go now folks cook some dinner and watch TV TTFN xx

crossed again lol.... yep i would'nt want to move one ouch!

cya ang.. im going to watch X factor :o))

I'm back.... did you see it San? did you think the right person went? i don't :-( you probably know what i am going to say.... but how are they still in it????

I agree! A travesty!

do you think it is purely to wind Simon up that people are voting for them.... ?

im gutted that rachel went, and im even more gutted that the terreble two are in again ang.. :o((

i know what you mean... i could'nt believe Miss Frank went last week either... but i would have been really gutted it had of been Danyl... i really like him, i know he has a bad press but boy can he sing! same as Rachel she is a far far better singer than quite a few on there... as for them two... they are more like cats being strangled...painfully! lol

if the twins win it will make us , the uk look pathetic, and dont think people will believe it wasnt fixed, im sure something is going on we dont know about, have you heard the boo`s from audience with them twins getting in, then they tell us their through again, doesnt make sence angie

WHO would buy their records, anyway? I agree - it's 'wind Simon up' time! I also agree about Danyl - he really can sing!

no but don't forget they are from ireland... the show is filmed over hear... there could be the whole of ireland voting just to prove a point... i never vote... it cost to much on the phone.... and there are some very good singers on there i would imagine the votes from the rest of the UK are pretty well divided... i don't think they can win,,, surely not.... although Simon did make a boo-boo by saying he would get on a plane and never do the X factor again if they one.... calling it on really is'nt it....

they would be a flop but it could happen as you say just for the wind up simon factor... lol... Danyl should by rights win hands down, but i don't think he will... the other one i would like to see win would be Stacy, she is from the next town from me.... she used to work in a local chippy.... but i must say i think Racheal has the better voice... so it just goes to show it is not just about tallent is it.

i can take to stacy, just something that annoys me about her, i like ... god cant think of his name now lol, the rock one with the hair hehe im into that type of music and hes good, confident to,

ooohhh LORDS name in vien San.... you mean Jamie is it? i like him too and Olly, he is also an Essex boy..

sorry angie, nothing bad intended, yes jamie, hes cool, and olly is good,
anyway im tired, brain pain lol nite angie, sleep well x

I know, nite nite xx

Oh I've only just found this - joy! I was thinking about doing a similar blog Ang, but you beat me to it and you've done a better job - I would never have thought of the Marmite thing lol

I have too many likes to mention, so I'll just mention my hates -

Number 1 will defo have to be Ophiopogan nigrescens AKA black grass. I see absolutely nothing attractive in this plant whatsoever. And what really gets me is that on garden design programs they always ALWAYS plant it in black gravel! Why? It becomes the Incredible Invisable Plant!

Number 2 would have to be alpines...well rockeries generally really. There are one or two exceptions (I love Fairy Foxgloves and many of the Saxafrages), but I just don't see the point of tiny little plants that you have to get down on your hands and knees to appreciate properly and even at well known RHS gardens I have yet to see a rock garden that does not bring to mind a building site or a tip of soil and rocks!

Number 3 will have to be Danyl off X Factor! I KNOW you're all gunna hate me, but I just can't bear the lad! I'm routing for Stacy - she's high on life! LOL LOL

I will stop now before I upset too many people! lol

Just came back here to say....I got confuzzled - I didn't mean Danyl (was he the teacher?) I meant to say Joe......and he won, which just goes to show my lack of judgement!!! Still think Stacy should have had it.....but preferred Olly to Joe..... :-S